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## Proverbs 28:4-5 in Context (Verses 1–8 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/proverbs/28/1) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
 
 [2 ](/kjv/proverbs/28/2) For the transgression of a land many *are* the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding *and* knowledge the state *thereof* shall be prolonged.*
 
 [3 ](/kjv/proverbs/28/3) A poor man that oppresseth the poor *is like* a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.*
 
 [4 ](/kjv/proverbs/28/4) They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/proverbs/28/5) Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all *things*.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/proverbs/28/6) Better *is* the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than *he that is* perverse *in his* ways, though he *be* rich.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/proverbs/28/7) Whoso keepeth the law *is* a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous *men* shameth his father.*
 
 [8 ](/kjv/proverbs/28/8) He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.*
 
[Proverbs 27](/kjv/proverbs/27) [Proverbs 29](/kjv/proverbs/29)

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